Dominik Szoboszlai

Dominik Szoboszlai (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈdominik ˈsoboslɒi];^[2][3] (born 25 October 2000) is a Hungarian footballer. He plays as a midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and captains the Hungary national team.

Dominik Szoboszlai

Szoboszlai with RB Leipzig in 2021
Personal information
Date of birth	(2000-10-25) 25 October 2000 (age 24)
Place of birth	Székesfehérvár, Hungary
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)[1]
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Liverpool
Number	8
Youth career
2006–2007	Fehérvár FC
2007–2015	Főnix Gold
2015–2016	MTK Budapest
2016–2017	Főnix Gold
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2017–2018	Liefering	42	(16)
2018–2021	Red Bull Salzburg	56	(16)
2021–2023	RB Leipzig	62	(12)
2023–	Liverpool	33	(3)
International career‡
2016–2017	Hungary U17	10	(3)
2016–2018	Hungary U19	5	(2)
2017–2018	Hungary U21	8	(2)
2019–	Hungary	47	(12)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 October 2024

Club career

He played for the youth youth of Videoton, Főnix-GOLD, Újpest Dosza and MTK Budapest. 2016 he went to Austria and played for the Red Bull Academy.

Liefering

Szoboszlai made his professional debut in the 2017–18 season with the Liefering in the second division against Kapfenberg on 21 July 2017.^[4] He scored his first professional goal against FC Blau-Weiß Linz on 4 August 2017.^[4]

Red Bull Salzburg

He made his debut for FC Red Bull Salzburg against Austria Wien on 27 May 2018. He substituted Enock Mwepu in the 57th minute. He scored his first goal for the club in 6–0 Austrian Cup win against SC Eglo Schwarz^[4] His first league goal he scored against Wacker Innsbruck on 17 March 2019. On 17 September 2019 he made his Champions League debut and scored his first goal in this competition against Genk in a 6–2 victory.

RB Leipzig

On 17 December 2020 he signed a four-and-a-half-year contract with RB Leipzig. With a price of €20 million, Szoboszlai became the most expensive Hungarian player in history.^[5] Due to an injury he could not play in the 2020–21 season. ^[6] He debuted on 7 August 2021 in a German Cup game against SV Sandhausen, where he entered the pitch in the 78th minute and scored three minutes later.^[7] On 20 August, he scored his first two goals in Bundesliga in a 4–0 win over VfB Stuttgart. ^[8]

Liverpool FC

In July 2023, Szoboszlai moved to Liverpool FC in the Premier League. The Premier League club paid 70 million euros. This made Szoboszlai to the most expensive departure from RB Leipzig ^[9]

International career

Szoboszlai against Yandaş in Nations League

Szoboszlai was the captain of Hungary U17 team during the 2017 UEFA European Under-17 Championship in Croatia. There he scored two goals and his team finished 6th in this tournament. He also was the captain of Hungary U19 team during the 2019 UEFA European Under-19 Championship campaign. He made his debut for U-21 team against Germany U21 on 1 September 2017. He made his debut for the senior squad on 21 March 2019 in a Euro 2020 qualifier against Slovakia as a 54th-minute substitute for László Kleinheisler.^[10] He scored his first international goal against the same opponent, Slovakia, in the same UEFA Euro 2020 run in a free kick at home.

He scored in yet another free kick in the 2020–21 UEFA Nations League B against Turkey, where Hungary emerged victoriously 1–0 away against Turkey in Sivas.^[11]

Career statistics

Club

As of match played 29 October 2023^[12]

Appearances and goals by club, season and competition

Club	Season	League			National cup[a]		League cup[b]		Europe		Other		Total
		Division	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Liefering	2017–18	2. Liga	33	10	—		—		—		—		33	10
	2018–19	2. Liga	9	6	—		—		—		—		9	6
	Total		42	16	—		—		—		—		42	16
Red Bull Salzburg	2017–18	Austrian Bundesliga	1	0	0	0	—		—		—		1	0
	2018–19	Austrian Bundesliga	16	3	3	2	—		1[c]	0	—		20	5
	2019–20	Austrian Bundesliga	27	9	6	2	—		7[d]	1	—		40	12
	2020–21	Austrian Bundesliga	12	4	2	1	—		8[e]	4	—		22	9
	Total		56	16	11	5	—		16	5	—		83	26
RB Leipzig	2020–21	Bundesliga	0	0	0	0	—		0	0	—		0	0
	2021–22	Bundesliga	31	6	5	2	—		9[f]	2	—		45	10
	2022–23	Bundesliga	31	6	6	3	—		8[e]	1	1[g]	0	46	10
	Total		62	12	11	5	—		17	3	1	0	91	20
Liverpool	2023–24	Premier League	10	1	0	0	1	1	2[c]	0	—		13	2
Career total			170	45	22	10	1	1	35	8	1	0	229	64

1. Includes Austrian Cup, DFB-Pokal
2. Includes EFL Cup
3. Appearance(s) in UEFA Europa League
4. Five appearances and one goal in UEFA Champions League, two appearances in UEFA Europa League
5. Appearances in UEFA Champions League
6. Four appearances and two goals in UEFA Champions League, five appearances in UEFA Europa League
7. Appearance in DFL-Supercup

International

As of match played 17 October 2023^[13]

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Hungary	2019	8	1
	2020	4	2
	2021	6	2
	2022	10	1
	2023	8	2
Total		36	8

Honours

Red Bull Salzburg

• Austrian Bundesliga: 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21
• Austrian Cup: 2018–19, 2019–20, 2020–21

RB Leipzig

• DFB-Pokal: 2021–22,^[14] 2022–23^[15]

Individual

• Austrian Second League Team of the Season: 2017–18
• Austrian Bundesliga Player of the Season: 2019–20
• Hungarian Sportsman of The Year: 2020
• Bundesliga Rookie of The Month: August 2021,^[16] October 2021,^[16] April 2022^[16]